The building has state-of-the-art laboratories that will give students the experience to move on to research universities.

"They are entering in as a junior at a major research university so we need to prepare them for that experience and our new laboratories and facilities will allow us to do that and provide an equivalent experience for their freshman and sophomore years," Kennie Leet of SUNY Broome's Physical Sciences Department said.

The recent push for STEM education makes this facility a great step forward for SUNY Broome.

"We want to encourage students to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and math and to have these great facilities, I think, is just going to inspire more students to continue with their goals in that area," Leet added.

The new building also has a mud room to prepare for more field education exercises.